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20 a dress-stand, and turned her round by the shoulders, to his own acute surprise. But with all this traditional quietness and dignity there is never a look or tone that suggests affectation or a consciousness of being better than the world.

Nuns, Novices, and Postulants form the hierarchy of the House, which is governed by the local Superior, and also—this being the Mother-house of the Order—by the Mother-General. On this lady rests